Literature Review Directions
Literature Review Directions
ASSIGNMENT: Literature Review (50 points)
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to expose students to current literature on a policy topic of your choice. Students will be asked to research the literature in the library and on the Internet on a topic related to human services policy.
REQUIREMENTS
1. Research literature in the library on Human Services Policy such as, teen pregnancy prevention, child abuse, parent education programs, domestic violence, senior outreach programs, etc. Select 5 – 7 peer reviewed articles (you may include up to 2 urls beyond the 5-7 articles). You will want to concentrate scholarly journal articles (not popular magazine articles, newspaper articles or websites). However, you can find “electronic articles” that are from scholarly journals using one of CSUF’s databases such as Ebsco, Pychinfo, etc., they just need to be from scholarly journals.
Also, if you need assistance, please ask a reference librarian. If you use an article that has not been published in the last five years, please explain why this article is important in a footnote.
2. Find out what is currently being done on the policy—refer to the Policy Editorial as you will be using this assignment to support that—in short, you can use this work as part of that.
3. FinalLinks to an external site. written report summarizing the articles and drawing conclusions about the policy.
4. Personal impressions of the literature and research, any questions or concerns related to the literature.
5. Use APA style (7), double spaced, 3-4 pages of text with title page and references should be about 6-7 pages.
GRADING
The assignment is worth 50 points. The assignment will be graded on the following criteria:
1. Grammar & presentation
2. Selection and summary of the literature
3. Discussion of evaluation and how it relates to the readings
4. Conclusions & Personal impressions
5. References
Literature Review Directions
Literature Review Directions
ASSIGNMENT: Literature Review (50 points)
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to expose students to current literature on a policy topic of your choice. Students will be asked to research the literature in the library and on the Internet on a topic related to human services policy.
REQUIREMENTS
1. Research literature in the library on Human Services Policy such as, teen pregnancy prevention, child abuse, parent education programs, domestic violence, senior outreach programs, etc. Select 5 – 7 peer reviewed articles (you may include up to 2 urls beyond the 5-7 articles). You will want to concentrate scholarly journal articles (not popular magazine articles, newspaper articles or websites). However, you can find “electronic articles” that are from scholarly journals using one of CSUF’s databases such as Ebsco, Pychinfo, etc., they just need to be from scholarly journals.
Also, if you need assistance, please ask a reference librarian. If you use an article that has not been published in the last five years, please explain why this article is important in a footnote.
2. Find out what is currently being done on the policy—refer to the Policy Editorial as you will be using this assignment to support that—in short, you can use this work as part of that.
3. FinalLinks to an external site. written report summarizing the articles and drawing conclusions about the policy.
4. Personal impressions of the literature and research, any questions or concerns related to the literature.
5. Use APA style (7), double spaced, 3-4 pages of text with title page and references should be about 6-7 pages.
GRADING
The assignment is worth 50 points. The assignment will be graded on the following criteria:
1. Grammar & presentation
2. Selection and summary of the literature
3. Discussion of evaluation and how it relates to the readings
4. Conclusions & Personal impressions
5. References
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